Summer Fun Pillow

Designer: Monica Solorio-Snow of Happy Zombie

Do you like to make the most of everything? Experiment with our challenge to create something special from a specific set of materials. One simple block in assorted fabrics yields a knockout throw pillow. Fabrics are from the California Girl collection by Fig Tree & Co. for Moda Fabrics (modafabrics.com).

Frame It Up Color Option

Floating Boxes Quilt

Designer: Jennifer Davis of Sugar Stitches

Stitching up the Frame It Up pillow may just whet your appetite for designer Jennifer Davis’ throw, which inspired the featured pillow. For her striking, fresh take on modern quiltmaking, Jennifer surrounded squares with borders of varying widths to make her blocks, then combined the blocks with sashing. Fabrics are from the Tufted Tweets collection by Laurie Wisbrun for Robert Kaufman Fabrics.

Mixed Berries Color Option

Plum Pudding Quilt

Quilt tester Jan Ragaller simplified the blocks in this throw-size version
of Mixed Berries. To get the look, substitute a solid strip for each diagonally pieced rectangle unit in each block. Jan used precut strips from two Plum Pudding Bali Pops by Hoffman California Fabrics for the blocks.

Fresh Start Color Option

Bright Chevron Bag

Add your two favorite fabrics and Fresh Start takes on a new look. For this version of a summer bag, project tester Jan Ragaller chose two prints, a chevron and a subtle tone-on-tone coordinate, from Betz White’s organic cotton Stitch collection for Robert Kaufman Fabrics.